Now and then I am asked to play a gospel number at the funeral service of a family member of a close friend of the family. This is especially important to me if the person, who has passed on, is an old musician. I always think that a musician ought to be sent off with a piece of live music from some...

Here's a short but bluesy gospel piece written and recorded by Bob Dylan. I think that this is a great number to learn because it's short and simple and yet it has a rock-a-billy swing to it and a few extra accidentals to add a little spice.

It's lyrics are relatively easy to learn and you simple to ad-lib to...

There is something about Bluegrass, and by extension, Bluegrass-Gospel, that has always appealed to me. This style of music utilizes timing formats that, in other music genres, would be considered unacceptable. Bluegrass artists often take a line, in a song, and they will extend it on...